ULTRAVOX / Hiroshima Mon Amour (1980 live)

[iansmithphotos]

Don't get all the Ure vs Foxx haters - heard Ure sing this at Jenkinsons bar back in the early 80s and loved it, worked really well in a small sweaty club. I later heard John Foxx do this with Louis Gordon in 2003 and also loved it - both very different versions from the original (and probably best), but hey no reason to pour the hate on though!

[pangloss9]

Wow, this is a disturbing thing to which to listen. Sorry but, for me, Ultravox! began and ended with John Foxx and the sound of Midget singing perhaps the greatest Ultravox! song of all time really rubs me the wrong way.

[schmads]

HOW DARE URE SING THIS??? It's John's song alone.....

[tokyoisfun]

Roland TR-77 drum machine, by the way...

[TheLEJT1]

Thank you! I have remembered this song since hearing it on an Uvox tour circa 1980...it was one of their best that night and anyone who ever saw them know what a great band they were live...underrated, in both eras...

[sakotakanonosue]

Great!! Midge sung Foxx's!!

[AliceKasali]

love Midge Voice... I can't listen Ultravox before him.... sorry.

[chrisnoaro1]

this is great, thanks. love both the Foxx and Ure eras

[ShreveportJoe]

John Foxx' version of Mr. X was called Touch and Go and appears on his first solo album Metamatic. It sounds much different, but the Foxx version was performed on Ultravox' Systems of Romance tour.

[flicker66]

There was a brief period - late 79 to about the summer of 81 - when they occasionally played Systems era stuff with Midge singing. I saw them do Slow Motion and Quiet Men at Crystal Palace Bowl in the summer of 81 and it was awesome. They frequently extended HMA and it became a bit of an industrial jam.

[Averyunknownpoet]

totemo omoshiroi desu - dômo ! :)

[mardybirdy]

ner, they shouldnt have bothered with this since they lost foxx and gained a 'mure'.ner.gave it a good listen though.cheers for posting!

[scensiu]

Thank you friend, I can't believe it! rare and wonderful, for all the fans still hardly surviving!!!! hi from Italy. Alfo

[timwilderspin]

nice to hear this missing link song passed like a baton between two singers of the same band.

[ravinella]

I think we also find that "MR X" is a JF composition - know wot I mean like!

[networkcontainer]

odd - in a bad way.

I love both Foxx era Ultravox! and Midge era Ultravox... but this clash between the two just doesn't work one iota.

Really glad to have heard it, however. Always wondered what the Foxx stuff sounded like with Midge's vocals.

[Tadeusz598]

Fascinating.

[jadzia7911]

I think it's a totally new song with Midge could not be the same, great to listen to anyhow, thanks for posting :)

Midge's fan

[Darakk]

Midge's voice sounds so right on this, it's like the song was written for him.

Maybe that's why he fitted in so well after john left. Similar vocal style.

[mruresm8]

Can hardly believe my ears, omg, what an utterly rare gem, thanks so much for posting!!!!!!!

[Cougari72]

This song is best kept for Ultravox Mk 1. Imagine John Foxx singing Vienna?

[Lilbudpump]

While I agree with you, there needs to be some perspective. 1980, Foxx had left, the rest of the band needed to keep playing to make a living. Nobody had granted them 'legend' status yet, no one was getting rich. Trust me, there couldn't have been more than 50 people in the bar when I saw them that year. Even Ure went on tour with Thin Lizzy after this to make some bread. Bottom line is we didn't get enough of our friends to buy Foxx/Ultravox records!

[Lilbudpump]

Hearing this fills in some holes in my memory. I saw Ultravox in Milwaukee Wi.(I was a Marquette student) in the fall of 1979. Apparently they went out on a mini-tour of the states before they recorded Vienna in spring of 1980. I remember thinking 'hmm, there's only 4 of them, I don't see John Foxx, who's this other guy?' I've long wondered what songs they played that night. Now I know that somewhere in my subconscious mind is a recording of Midge Ure singing Hiroshima Mon Amour. Thank you!

[elementel73]

I want to hear Quite Man and Slow Motion please!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bluesbrother37]

Pretty good!

[departments2006]

Heresy!

[FrancoDamn]

It's from a bootleg live in London in 1980 (which i have). He also sang Quiet Men and Slow Motion. I liked when he sang Quiet Men.

[malcolmwornham]

was at the electric ballroom?

[FrancoDamn]

Hammersmith Odeon, London

[AllotaFaginas]

I've been an Ultravox fan for nearly 30 years, but this is the first time I've heard this Midge Ure sung version

Thanks for posting

[chinguenasumadre]

Wow ! This is amazing, where did you manage to get it ?

[alttzueta]

¡¡¡¡THANKS!!!

[fabrizio874]

midge singing this song...great!!